College textbook royalties are traditionally paid as a __________blank based on the price charged to __________blank. Multiple Choice percentage; bookstores percentage; the university/college fixed amount; students fixed amount; faculty
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Textbook publishers hope to maximize profits. Authors, however, face very different incentives. Authors are typically paid royalties, which are a specified percentage of total revenue from the sale of a book. And so, for example, if an author's contract says that she will receive 20 percent of the revenues from the sale of a text and the publisher's total revenues are $$\$ 100,000$$, the author's royalties will be $$\$ 20,000$$. Who will prefer a higher price for the text, the publisher or the author?
Textbook authors typically receive a simple percentage of total revenue generated from book sales. The publisher bears all the production costs and chooses the output level. Suppose the retail price of a book is fixed at $50. The author receives $10 per copy, and the firm receives $40 per copy. The firm is interested in maximizing its own profits. Will the author be happy with the book company's output choice? Does the selected output maximize the joint profits (for both the author and company) from the book?
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